Improvement in clothes-washers



W. H. NICE.

Clothes Washers.

No. 134,000. I Patented Dec.17, 1872..

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WILLIAM H. NICE, OF WADSWORTH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOTHES=WASHERS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,006, datedDecember 17, 1572.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. H. NICE, of Wadsworth, in the county of Medinaand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and ImprovedOlothes-Washer, of which the following is a description:

Figure l is a side view of the clothes-Washer. Fig. 2 is a View of theinside from the bottom. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. 7

Like letters of reference refer to like, parts in the several views.

The nature of this invention relates to a certain device to be used inconnection with an ordinary wash-boiler for washing clothes; and theobject of the invention is to so construct said device that free accesscan be had to the inside for cleaning it or for other needful purposes.

Of said invention the following is a more full and specific description.

In the drawing, Fig. 1, A represents a shallow chamber of the shape andsize to fit in the bottom of a wash-boiler. The top a of said chamber isperforated with holes, and from each end projects upward to the heightof the boiler a conduit, B, both of which communicate with the chamber,as shown in the drawing. 0, Fig. 2, are braces for strengthening thesides of the chamber. D D are a pair of leaves, each of which isattached to the top of the chamber by hinges E, whereby said leaves canbe opened, as indicated by the dotted lines a, Fig. 3, in order toobtain access to the space F, between the upper side of the leaves andthe under side of the top of the chamber.

The practical operation of the above described apparatus is as follows:Itis placed in the bottom of an ordinary wash-boiler in the positionshown in Fig. 1. Water is now thrown into theboiler and the clothes laidin upon the chamber. As the water boils it is forced up through theconduits and discharged upon the top of the clothes, down through whichit passes, and through the perforations in the-top of the chamber intothe space F, out from the ends of which it flows to the conduits, to beagain carried up and discharged upon the clothes, as before said, all ofwhich operation is common to this class of clothes-washers.

It is found in practice that dirt accumulates in the space F andobstructs a free passage of the water in. its course to the conduits. Inthe ordinary clothes-washer this obstruction is not easily removed, forthe reason that the leaves are fixtures and cannot be opened to getaccess to the inside space; hence much trouble is experienced incleaning out the dirt lodged between the top and the leaves. trouble,and to give direct access to the space F for removing the dirtthereinaccumulated, I

have hinged the leaves to the top, as above described, so that saidleaves, when necessary, can be opened, and thereby obtain access to thespace for the purpose above specified.

Claim.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The hinged leaves D D, in combination with the braces O O, conduits B,and perforated top a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

- WM. H. NICE.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. BURRIDG-E, A. 'F. CORNELL.

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